In Reply to: RE: You have no clue.... posted by patrickU on July 9, 2008 at 03:52:37:
you found "Shakespeare in Love," a light fluffy entertainment to be WONDERFUL and meaningful and great art!
Moliere is a bitter sweet film which captures, for those familiar with the acerbic playwright's work, the soul of the French master.
The careful viewer will see the lead actor subtly change in demeanor and personality as the film progresses, as he is tempered by the realities of his profession.
The rich merchant also is brilliantly played, with none of the melodrama one would expect and receive in a S I L-like effort.
Does anyone remember anything about S I L half-an-hour later?
Moliere still reverberates; it not only has something to say, it says it eloquently, entertainingly, and powerfully.
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Follow Ups
- A brilliant film. No, he doesn't look like a Hollywood Moliere. But... - tinear 12:57:31 07/09/08 (8)
- I'm another idiot who preferred Shakespeare in Love... - EBerlin 19:59:42 07/09/08 (1)
- I remembered wrong... - EBerlin 18:13:52 07/11/08 (0)
- RE: A brilliant film. No, he doesn't look like a Hollywood Moliere. But... - patrickU 13:20:19 07/09/08 (5)
- I'd probably enjoy French critics but I wouldn't let them tell me what I'd like. nt - tinear 18:12:33 07/09/08 (4)
- RE: Oh really I thought you would comply to the dictatorship of critics... - patrickU 06:10:48 07/10/08 (0)
- Patrick can't possibly be saying that... - EBerlin 20:10:41 07/09/08 (2)
- Well, the piece he links does just that: throwing an opinion - tinear 08:22:35 07/10/08 (0)
- RE: Patrick can't possibly be saying that... - patrickU 06:05:18 07/10/08 (0)